The other day i had a leaking heater hose on my truck and by the time i got it replaced i lost about a gallon of antifreeze. Not that i topped the radiator off the additive mixture is probably off, I was going to just pour a little bit of additive in and call it good. Does having to much in there hurt anything? Thought i would ask before i just did it. The dealer in my area has no idea what i am talking about when i ask about the test strips so when i put it it in i went by the directions on the bottle, but have no way to test it. It can't hurt anything to have too much in there can it?
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1989 F-250 2WD, 7.3 IDI NA, Rebuilt E40D, 130,000 miles
1994 F-250 4x4, Regular Cab, Long Box, 4:10 Gears, Powerstroke TSPerformance 6 position chip,"Home Made" 4 inch Intake, 4 Inch Exhaust, Turbo Built By Fair Valley Performance, Autometer gauges, LUK clutch, solid flywheel 200,000 miles 15,000 mile on complete engine overhaul,
I've heard a heavy duty truck place will have the test strips, I need some too, who knows If my truck has the additive, I didn't know anything about it until I came to this site. Hope you find some, the place that has the strips should have a volume recommmendation for you too I would think. Crexrun
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92 F250 4x4 Super Cab, 4:10s and a 5 speed
1991 Honda CRX HF with DOHC VTEC B16 swap
1978 Ford Fairmont with 351W factory four barrel HO, C6 trans and 16" wheels
1955 Chevy stepside, project, being set on a 2000 crown vic frame, air ride and OHC 4.6 motor
1984 Honda CR250R dirtbike, bored and restored
When I worked at the ford dealership, they put it in on a diesel coolant flush, but never checked it. I never knew about testing the levels till I found this site either!
Too much is no good, reports have it will clog your cooling system. If you added a regular mix to the amount you added you are Ok. I usually have a bit of coolant left over when filling and I always add SCA to the mix so that if I hzve to add it's already to go.
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Paul - Pocono Mtns. USA
02 E350 15 Passenger, 52,000 Miles
'90 E350 7.3L Ex-Ambulance High Top 400K Miles, No Turbo, Stock Stock stock, No ELC! (Extended Life Coolant) & 10 Oz. Bars Stop Leak, Retired 11/8/2011 with blown trans.
You might want to consider a premix. You can buy it by the gallon at NAPA or go to your TSC dealer and get Fleetguard. I think it's about $8.00 a gallon.
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1994 F250 HD, IDI Diesel, 3:55 gears, K&N filter, Hayden Tranny Cooler, Monroe HD SensaTrac shocks, dual pillar pod with temp & tranny guage, poly fuel tanks
Too much DCA is just as bad as not enough. Go here to order from Fleetguard. <font color="red">But ONLY buy one or two of the four strip packages because they have an expiration date</font> and you'll never use them fast enough to beat the expiration date on a bottle of 50 and the bottle size is friggin expensive [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img].OkieGringo
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You might want to consider a premix. You can buy it by the gallon at NAPA or go to your TSC dealer and get Fleetguard. I think it's about $8.00 a gallon.
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6 @ $8 for premix = $48.00, 3 Gallons of low silicate is 18 + 3.00 distilled water is $21.00.
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Paul - Pocono Mtns. USA
02 E350 15 Passenger, 52,000 Miles
'90 E350 7.3L Ex-Ambulance High Top 400K Miles, No Turbo, Stock Stock stock, No ELC! (Extended Life Coolant) & 10 Oz. Bars Stop Leak, Retired 11/8/2011 with blown trans.
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